Ron Mallett was just 10 when his father died suddenly. Devastated, he found solace in the science fiction of H.G. Wells, believing that if he could build a time machine, he could go back into the past, warn his father & perhaps save his life.
Ronald Mallett is now a professor of theoretical physics. Remarkably, this working-class African American boy from the Bronx stuck with his vision, overcoming poverty & prejudice in the pursuit of his obsession. This is the story of his extraordinary journey of self- & scientific discovery. With simple language & elegant metaphor he lays out his theories & presents the reader with what is an actual blue print for a time machine.A dramatic & compelling memoir, it is also a brilliant introduction to a riveting but generally baffling subject, & a truly inspirational account of astonishing achievement.
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Topher Hope is distraught when Ka, his devoted cat disappears, leaving a word on his computer:
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Topher & his father are trying to get over the death of Topher's mother, an Egyptologist, when they take in a stray cat. This cat bears an uncanny resemblance to a cat ornament given to Topher by his mother & so they name it ' Ka', meaning 'double'. Topher becomes very attached to Ka & is puzzled by her mysterious absences. One day when he is playing a computer game with an Egyptian theme, Ka jumps on the keys & spells out the name Bubastis, which was the centre of cat worship in Ancient Egypt. Could Ka really be leading a double life & what is she trying to tell Topher? ...

Topher Hope is on the move again. When his devoted cat, Ka, leaves a computer message saying she has gone to
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Topher is planning a trip to London to visit his friend Ellie
- but will it be safe, with all the terrorist threats? It worries
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The publication of The Tin Drum in 1959 launched Günter Grass as an author of international repute. Bitter & impassioned, it delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925 to 1955 through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath, the dwarf whose manic beating on the toy of his retarded childhood fantastically counterpoints the accumulating horrors of Germany & Poland under the Nazis. ...

On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents & wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany. ...

Just before her fifteenth birthday Jinnie Howlett is offered a position as maid-of-all-work at a farm near the Cumbrian border. She hopes this will be a welcome relief from the workhouse she knows too well.

But when she meets her brutish employers Jinnie realises she has only exchanged one life of drudgery for another. She is grateful when one of the sons befriends her, but it isn

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